Tipping comes with the territory when you're served

This is in response to Cindy Jados' March 3 letter: If restaurant owners as a group decided to change the way their business runs, we'd all need to be prepared for the cost of a meal to skyrocket. Anyone who goes out should understand how restaurants and tipping work; if not, please educate yourself. Like it or not, the customer is expected to ante up. The customer is the one making the choice to have others prepare their meal, bring it to them, clear away their dirty plates and clean up whatever mess they leave behind. Servers and other restaurant workers understand their jobs; customers need to understand their "job" when they make the choice to go out instead of stay home. Folks who can't or won't tip appropriately should do everyone a favor and stay home. Tipping truly is not a choice; it is a given when you patronize a restaurant. My guess is that these same people would scream the loudest if menu prices actually reflected the higher wages the letter writer wants restaurant owners to pay.

By the way, restaurants aren't the only businesses that work this way. Please think about that the next time you receive any personal service such as a haircut, a manicure or a massage. Unlike restaurant workers, most of these types of workers also have to pay for formal education and licensing.

Rosemary Frankowski

Brownsburg

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Tipping comes with the territory when you're served

This is in response to Cindy Jados' March 3 letter: If restaurant owners as a group decided to change the way their business runs, we'd all need to be prepared for the cost of a meal to skyrocket.